Sati, the Blessing and the Curse
Subtitle: The Burning of Wives in India
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 9, 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780195077742
First sentence: The word sati conjures up a mental picture of a Hindu wife meeting her violent death amidst the flames of her deceased husband's funeral pyre.